My dowry is RM 9999

I dunno about you people but during my sister wedding, my mum buy gold bracelet, necklace and ring for my sister and sister in law from the dowry given. My mum even bake cakes to be given to everyone that attend the wedding and etc etc. KL people take dowry masuk pocket end of story kah?

Then you have to prepare to be the main topic for a least 5 years and this alone will give you bad luck in whatever you do.

5k is not a lot and your husband must be very happy

Cool down. It's still comes down to how much you are willing to give in the end. No one wants their own daughter's marriage ends up bad

If you can give that much, just give what you afford. No need make it like trading. Why spoil wedding happiness because of money? Money can earn back, happiness can't?

Dowry is used to buy gold and other accessories for the bride. The property itself will end up becomes the guy. Besides that, it will use to buy wife cake (老婆饼) to all the guests that arrive for the wedding. Renovation for the wife room for the bridegroom to fetch the wife, that room itself will be a place for the couples to rest feet when come back for dinner on special occasion.

The dowry normally not enough to cover it all and the bride's family side will cover the remaining one. Unless the bride's family no need to do anything, no gold, no accessories, no fetching. The bride goes to the bridegroom's house herself, sit there ignored and waiting to be married. TS, if that happen, better just do the ROM and forget the rest. Marry is just a waste of time and money to TS.

99.99 gold is not cheap these days. 10k already depletes. 5k only, do not expect got gold rings ady. Btw, the groom also get the gold in the ends too. It just the bride's family help to buy the gold back to groom on his behalf.

This post has been edited by heinlein: Jan 30 2013, 05:35 PM

True, TS should do that and no need worry about dowry.